Knysna, South Africa News

DA leader Helen Zille has praised her Bitou councillors and the area's Western Cape legislature member for "facing flak all day" in exposing alleged corruption.

PLANS are in place to build affordable housing on the ground behind the Knysna Provincial Hospital, with the first option to be given to hospital staff.

TOURISTS are carrying their own bath water, using "long drops" and cooking over a fire in the kitchen as they experience the Mothers of Creation tourism concept in the Western Cape.

TEN women attached to police stations in George and DeGamaskop have just finished a training exercise to become peer educators who will combat the stigma often associated with HIV/Aids and give support to ...

ALLEGATIONS of tape recording tampering, gratuitous gold-digging, foul language, deliberate delaying tactics and the like abounded in the Knysna regional court yesterday when millionaire widow Lesley Young ...

"I CAN'T believe it, people, I just can't believe I can see again," were the first words out of an astounded Fred Koert's mouth after he underwent surgery to remove cataracts from his eyes.

SOUTH African workers flooded streets countrywide yesterday in protest against rising prices amid warnings that their action would only make matters worse.

THE Knysna municipality has received this year's Govan Mbeki Award for housing delivery in the Western Cape.

A DECADE after surviving a shark attack while surfing, Ross Taylor has returned to Knysna to focus on sharing his experiences of living with terminal cancer.

THE countdown has begun to the Herald/Talisman Karoo to Coast mountain bike challenge which is less than eight weeks away.

Absa announced a massive cost-cutting initiative early last month but Hlengani Mathebula, the managing director of Absa private banking, seems to have been immune from any of the rationalisation pain.

WHEN David McRae collected a barrel of beer for his 21st birthday party in 1983, little did he know that an off-the- cuff joke would lead to an unusual, lifelong career.

SOUTHERN Cape police have called on the public to help them in solving five rape cases in George, Knysna, Plettenberg Bay and Pacaltsdorp.

STREET children and other youngsters at risk are to build homes for elderly people living in dilapidated shacks in Knysna.

BRIGHTLY dressed Rastafarians from across the country brought a dash of colour and "Irie vibes" to Knysna to celebrate the birthday of the former emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I. Adherents to the ...

BRIGHTLY dressed Rastafarians from across the country brought a dash of colour and "Irie vibes" to Knysna to celebrate the birthday of the former emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I. Adherents to the ...

A MAN of 27 will appear in the Knysna magistrate's court today for allegedly murdering his neighbour during an argument over beer at the weekend.

PATRICK Blaai, a graduate of a traditional initiation school, is successfully cutting the number of mutilations and disease transmissions that plague this rite of passage into manhood.

IRISHMAN Nick Murphy, accused of blowing off an upholsterer's leg with a shotgun, said yesterday he acted in self-defence against a "dishonest businessman and convicted murderer". This emerged in the ...

A MAN of 27 will appear in the Knysna magistrate's court today for allegedly murdering his neighbour during an argument over beer at the weekend.